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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Carlock (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Carlock. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Carlock ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Car Lock.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carlock. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carlock.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Carlock is located in McLean County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McLean County: Champaign, De Witt, Ford, Livingston, Logan, Piatt, Tazewell & Woodford.

Below are the counties that are near Carlock. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carlock:

  • McLean County     (The home county of Carlock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Danvers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Danvers is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Danvers has also been known as:
      • Danver
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <1>
    • Yuton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Yuton is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
    • Hudson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Normal
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Towanda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Shirley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Brokaw
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brokaw is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
    • Merna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Downs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gillum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Gillum is located in McLean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillum
  • De Witt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Waynesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Wapella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Tabor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tabor is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
    • Hallsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hallsville is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
    • Midland City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Midland City is located in De Witt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland City
  • La Salle County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Dana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dana is located in La Salle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dana <1>
    • Rutland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Flanagan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Graymont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Atlanta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lawndale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Emden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Evans
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Evans is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Hartsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Beason
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Bell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bell is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
  • Marshall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • La Rose
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Toluca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Peoria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Peoria Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • North Peoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • North Peoria is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Peoria
    • Peoria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Keller
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Keller is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
    • Mossville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Peoria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rome
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bartonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Chillicothe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellevue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bellevue is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
    • Pottstown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pottstown is located in Peoria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown
    • Mapleton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Tazewell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Lilly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lilly is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
    • Deer Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Tazewell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tazewell is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
    • Mackinaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Mackinaw is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackinaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
      • Former name for Mackinaw:
      • Mackinawtown
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackinaw <1>
    • Minier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Allentown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Allentown is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Mayfair
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Mayfair is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfair
    • Fravert ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fravert is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fravert
    • Cooper
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Cooper is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Mindale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mindale is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindale
    • Crandall ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Crandall is located in Tazewell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
  • Woodford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.
    • Congerville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kappa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kappa is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Secor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Eureka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • El Paso
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Panola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Panola is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Roanoke
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Benson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Woodford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Woodford is located in Woodford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Metamora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Germantown Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carlock, see our County-by-County Page for Carlock.

Cemeteries Near Carlock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlock.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Carlock - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carlock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.

  • Wintz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • North Danvers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Lantz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Troyer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • White Oak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Denman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maurer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Imhoff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Park Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hall - Barnard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ropp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (301 more) ...
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kaufman Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • West Twin Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Carlock had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Carlock had a population of 558 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Carlock, with the one closest to Carlock listed first.

  • Danvers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Danvers is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Danvers has also been known as:
    • Danver
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danvers <1>
  • Congerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Yuton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Yuton is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
  • Twin Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Grove is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
  • Hudson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lilly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lilly is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Normal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Covell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Covell is located in McLean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covell
  • Kappa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kappa is located in Woodford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kappa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
  • Secor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bloomington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Deer Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Stanford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carlock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carlock.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Carlock ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 174 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlock.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Carlock. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Carlock and those printed in the larger area surrounding Carlock.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Carlock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Carlock:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carlock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.